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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-05-04
A Floral Superstition.
From the New York Sun.

Two ladies hurriedly entered the
New Haven and Hartford waiting
room of the Grand Central depot yes.
terday. "How soon does the train
leave? anxiously inquired one of them.
Gin five minutes. You have not
much time to SPARE" the guard an
sWered.
"You get the tickets, please" the
younger lady said to her companion
81 must have some flowers"
"You will miss the train if youge af-
ter them now, Maud" her friend an
swered.
81 would rather miss it than 90 on
without some flowers. | will tell you
why when RETURN" she answered as
she darted away.
She came back with lilies Of the val
ley in her hand and offered half Of
them to her friend.
"No, no; [ will not rob you of them
after you risked missing the train to
procure them," the lady said.
':Do take them, please. am some
what superstitious about it. You
know rode good deal on the trains
at one time. to and from school. The
conductor of the train was q great big
man Of middle age, with hair tinged
with gray. No matter what the sea-
son, summer or.winter, he always wore
a flower on the lapel of his coat.
One day plucked up courage to ask
him why he did so.
"'Well, you see, miss, | have got
little wife up at home that thinks q
great deal of me- No one would ever
get very badly mixed up in O. railroad
accident who wore flower about
them. She pinned the first flower to
my coat that | ever wore on train,
and now I'd rather go without my
dinner on trip than to go aboard
without flower he said.
"'WereyOu ever on q train when an
accident occurred?' asked him.
"'Yes; I was once he said, 'and I
was almost the only one on the car
who did not get hurt badly. When
the crash came 1 did not get scratch;
and do you know, miss, still think
it was the flower my wife pinned on
my coat and her prayers that kept
me safe that night
"Since the conductor told me that
story l must confess / have been
affected with the same superstition, if
you have mind to call it go; but it
is q harmless one at all events"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-05-04
FARM AND HOME.
The Vital Question,

Not what my neighbor has done to-day,
But what have done in the world for God?
Have my secret sius all been put away?
Have meekly suffered the Christening rod?
And followed the light in its peerless ray
That flooded the steps of the Son of God?
Not what my neighbor has done, oh, no;
That's not the question to put, my friend.
But what have done in this world of woe
To comfort the mourner and gladness lend?
Has Christ been lifted aud self laid low
40 my daily journeyiDgs heavenward tend?
Not what will my neighbor think or say?
But what will the angels record be?
What says the word OF my God to day?
The question is only with God and thee.
And how will my deed with my neighbor weigh
In the solemn light of eternity?
Not what my neighbor has said or done:
The great example stands right before;
You're to follow him till life S westering sun
Sinks in the mists of the silent shore,
Till the crown is laid up and the prize is won
And your God has blessed you foreyermore.
Your neighbor is not your Judge, my friend,
But God will Judge you by bis own Son;
Your life should a steady shining send
Into the sin dark ways as you run;
Your influence gather with Christ's and blend,
And heaven will ring with glad ''well-done."
Oh! every man shall give an account
OF his own action, of his own word;
The heights that your neghbor neglected to
mount
WIZ doI HIuo y ou Iloih tLie Sane VI ohe iIoIu
Your robe must be washed in the cleansing
fOunt,
Your life with the truth must be in accord.
ST am the way, the truth and the 1ife,"
Follow me-" said the Savior mild;
Content for Gods law with noble strife,
Repent and become like a little child;
Follow Me though the world is rife
With conflicting voices strange and wild"
Every man an account shall give
Of himself to God on that solemn Cay
The world in the great broad ROAD may live,
That will not excuse you from the narrow way;
Evil swells like tide, but thou you must strive
Alone where right sheds its heaven born ray.
Angels will turn their gaze and see
With approving blessing A few will try
AS they see thee steadiast and brave be,
And Will mount with thee to life more high
The world may mock, but there's songs for thee
And praise and reward in the by and by
Fannie Bolton.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-05-04
THE SONG OF THE HEADLIGHT.
BY HARDY JACKSON.

When he tull moon lays a radiant haze
FROM eaTth to heavens wall
Or the tranquil stars mark the viewless bars
Whence the arrows OF vision fall,
Or | S, nd my glance where the quick drops
dance
Witt tae pattering call of the rain
To their comrades asleep in the hidden deep
OF the subterranean mann,
Or if storms are out aud the free winds shout
With htful falls and swells,
A stoadtast glow of light | throw
On nay cleaning parallels.
/ guide the train over the level plain,
A swiftly nearing star,
And | benz and swerve where the mountain
curve
Ny iron-bound path to bar;
Up their rocky sleeps the fleet flame leaps
Or fash in their depths below,
Till the moses that dress each dim recess
And the nOddiDg ferns show;
spring TO iIlumine the froWn1ng gloom
OF precipices gray,
And waters smile from the deep defile
In my momentary day.
Where the wood benign. with beck and sign,
Invites ali timid things
its shelter, spread for the crouching head
And its covert for dropping wings,
ear my light, till in vain alright
The doe with her trembling lawn
And the creatures meek that refuge seek
In the forest shade Withdrawn
Press closer yet to the Copse dew-wet,
Or speed through the whispering grass,
To hide them away from the searching ray
/ shoot through the dark as pass
AS meteor flies in star-set skies
BY myriad moveless spheres,
/ hurry along where the lamp-lights throng
As the sleeping town appears
Like the coming of fate, to those who wait
Till / bear their loved away,
seem as [ shine down the widening line,
Ere pause for a moments stay;
But he who feels those rolling wheels
Lead home, to his hearts desire,
Can half believe his eyes perceive
The prophets chariot of fire.
Still on and on till the night is gone
follow the vibrant rails.
Till the east is red. and overhead
The star of the morning pales;
AS foes may fear the soldiers spear,
But comrades have no dread,
The lances of light hurled at the night
Pierce not where sunbeams spread,
So / cease my rays when the heaven ablaze
Proclaims the darkness fed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-05-04

proceeded against practically until q
more extended experience and much
wider and more careful observation
have enabled us to designate the
practical measures proper to be taken
in contesting it. They are trying to
stamp it out in England now by quar-
antine and slaughter, but with no
very promising results. Experiments
are likewise being made there with in
oculation, but even should these
prove g. success the practice cannot
be made general one among farmers
for obvious reasons. So it is still a.
matter OF pure conjecture to know
what is the effective thing first to do,
and afterwards how to do it. The
utmost of all present knowledge re-
specting hog cholera is very far from
containing the elements OF a theory
for combating it successfully.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-05-04

In digging for cellar at White
Plains, N. Y, cannon was un-
earthed which it is believed was used
by the Continental Army st the IA
NOUS battle of White Plains. It has
on it the date of 1745.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-05-04
Poultry Items.

Use lime freely at all times of the
year in and about the poultry house;
it is an excellent disinfectant.
The amount of food necessary to
produce pound of pork, will make
two pounds of eggs.
Frequent changes of food are inn
portant in securing good health and
general thrift for the fowls, and also
insure a good egg supply, provided of
course, other requirements are at
tended to as they should be.
Taking the market as it is to-day,
there is but little encouragement for
the poultryman to produce large eggs,
being sold as they ARE by the dozen.
1t seems to me it would bemuch better
for both the producer and consumer if
the eggs were sold by weight rather
than number.
All the poultry fixtures both in and
out of the house should be white
washed at least twice g. year. A little
glue mixed with the lime would makeit
stick better and few drops of crude
carbolic acid would act SIS g. guard
against vermin.
Never grease hen that is sitting if
you want the eggs to hatch, for when
grease gets on the eggs it will close up
the pores through which the confined
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-05-04
Using Poison for Insects.

Using Poison for Insects.
The following sensible remarks are
from the pen Of John J. Thomas, the
veteran horticultural editor of the
Country Gentleman: The use of Paris
green for the potato beetle, and Lon
don purple for the cooling moth, is al
ways dangerous unless due caution is
employed by the operator. Every
year somebody has been poisoned. In
one case the operator carelessly al
lowed the dust to rise SO as to be
breathed; in another it was freely used
on q field Of potatoes on the wind
ward side of the dwelling. On one oc-
casion poor fences allowed a herd of
cattle to break into the field and eat
the potato tops on which the poison
had been busted, and three mich COWS
died. But the use Of this poison will
not be given up, so long as it proves
SO effectual, any more than the people
will abolish railroads because so many
are killed. The number of persons
who persisted by railroads is one hun
dred times greater than all who are
poisoned by Insecticides. For the po-
tato, the only harm that can come
from their use is by careless applica-
ton; for Paris green, being insoluble.
cannot enter the plant nor the
tuber. The soil contains enough
iron to neutraiize the poison,
and the tubers are where the
poison never touches them. Besides,
millions of people have eaten the po-
tatoes with perfect impunity. So
with the apples in the orchard; no
harm can arise, if the proper precau-
tions are used, of sufficiently diluting
the poison, keeping on the windward
side, doing the work early in the sea-
son, and allowing months of rainy
weather to elapse before eating the
fruit.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-05-04
Spring Work With Poultry.


Now that the rigors of winter are
somewhat relaxed and the earth has
cast off her white mantle, mems are
very busy peeping into every nook
and corner, prating, with joyfnl an
ticipations of coming events; and
while warming up the enthusiasm Of
their keeper, they seem to be asking
for special care and attention. Dur
ing this interesting season their llege
lords pay very strict obedience to all
their wants and whims, and strut
around them with consequential airs
that are not g. little amusing to the
observer.
The true method of managing all
kinds of stock is to take advantage of
their nature and assist it to the ad-
vantement Of their keepers interests.
To induce g. hen to lay, let the nest be
partly shaded. When she wants to
set, if you wish to remove her, do it
at night and make her surroundings
as nearly as possible like those Of the
nest she laid in. On g. farm where
there are many hooks and corners,
and where the farmer has some one to
attend to his fowls, boxes may be put
mp in q number of places, and the
fowls will select and lay, each in her
favorite nest, and when the time for
setting has come, each will 90 to her
accustomed nest without much chang
ing or confusion. but where the accom-
mOdations are more limited, more
attention must be given to the nests.
II several varieties are kept and it
is intended to maintain pure breeds,
each variety must be kept strictly
separate. Should any hens haze
begun to lay before such separation,
then the first ten eggs laid afterwards
should not be set; but when the fowls
have been separated three weeks with
out laying, it is safe to save all sub
sequent eggs for their purity.
Ii fowls have liberty, they need not
now have warm, soft food. When the
snow has disappeared, they will find
gravel, seed, little green food, etc.;
but should they be confined, the
winters care must, of course, be con-
tinued. A lot OF oyster-shells, thrown
down on s. road or yard over which
horses travel is very good for poultry
on a farm. Pure water is essential,
and should there be any stagnant
pools Of dirty water about the barn
Drinking impure water is source OF
disease that should never be toler-
ated. Animal food should be given
until earth worms make their appear
ance. Feed literally with grain and
your hens will generously reward yopr
liberality Rural New Yorker.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-05-04
In General.

Whenever the wheatfelds and pas
lures are thrown up by the frost it is
best to run q roller over the crop.
Winter, according to a practical
farmer, reveals the soil of g. locality
and the methods of farmers, quite as
well as summer, to the real student Of
the soil and humanity.
Well-drained and deeply-tiIled land
stores warmth to such an extent as
to prolong the season of growth and
obviates the risks of frost that other
wise might reduce profits of cultiva-
ton materially.
Farmers would find it to their ad-
vantage to corn mutton in weak
brine for home consumption. The
hams can be smoked and used like
dried beef, or they can be boiled. The
corned mutton will be found an agree
able change from sausage and spare
ribs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-05-04
chick gets it's air, and the consequence

chick gets it's air, and the consequence
is death to the embryo chick.
Be careful to have the breeding stock
exercise freely in some manner every
day, for that has an important in
fuence on their health and value at
breeding time. Make them scratch
for their food as this is perhaps the
best and easiest kind OF exercise for
them to have, and will serve to stir
up the blood, and keep down internal
fattening and thus counteract all
tendency to laziness and disease.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-05-04

Scrape and leave in cold water for
an hour, then cook half an hour in hot
sailed water, wi pc, slice lengthwise,
dip in melted butter, then in -four sea-
soned with salt and pepper, and fry
in boiling dripping. Drain free of fat
and dish.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-28
COMMERCIAL.
SACRAMENTO MARKET

SACRAMENTO, March 26th.
FRUIT-Lemons-Sicil So 50@6 ? fb; Lines,
Sl2@lS ? box; Apples, 81 50@1 rs box
Eastern Apples, s. 50@6 80 q Dbl; Bananas
SSG4 . bunch; Pineapples, s5G7 2 dozen; Cocoa
nuts, S. 50G,7: California Lemons, 81 25G2 so .
box; California Lines, 81 25@I so 2 box; Califor-
MIA Oranges, S2@2 70; Navels, S4@4 so ? box.
DRIED FRUITS-Apples, sliced. 5G6c 9jb; dc
evaporated. 121SGlSe; do quartered, 2@3c; Pears,
peeled, 6iG7c; Plums, pitted. 9910c: Peaches,
l0@12c; do peeled, 15G16c; Prunes, German and
French, 6G612c; French Prunes. evaporated
S14@se; Blackberries, 121z9l3c; Figs, Califor-
mia, 495c.
TABLE FRUIT-Assorted, 21I-b cans, 2 doz.
81 1902 Is, Peaches, 81 az 60; Bartlett Pears,
50 20@l2 %; Plums 81 50(Gl 20: Blackberries, SO
2 10: Gooseberries, 81 25@2 so: Strawberries,
81 5012 70; Apricots, 81 l5@2 D: Muscat Grapes,
81 coal %; Red Currants, 81 1902 40; Cherries,
81 2@2 70.
81 35@l 40; assorted, gallon cans, 81; Peaches,
21-fb cans 81 so; Portland Blueberries 2-ib cans,
g; Whortleberries, 81 70; Capital Asparagus
81 75612 p dozen cans
Rose, 81 75@1 so; Salt Lake, 81 cool 20 River
Red, 81 s062; Onions, 81 35@250; Cabbage,s al 20
Carrots. 60@70c; Turnips, zoe q sack; Rhubarb
121xa15c; Green Peas, case; Asparagus, 7q9e
81: Beets. 81; Horse Radish, 6a7c Q 10; Oregon
Horse Radish, 9GlOc; Garlic, 7@9c; Artichokes
60c 2 dozen.
BREADsTUFFs-Flo 81 So . bbl Oatmeal,
81 50 p % ID Sacks 81 in 10 b sacks; Cracked
Wheat, g 75 Hominy, 80 so q cwt.
POULTRY = Live Turkeys, hens. l49l6e
gobblers, 15a16c: dressed 17@1Sc; full-grown
Chickens, S696 so Q dozen; young Roosters
s5d6 50 q dozen; broilers, S4@5; tame
Ducks, Sc 50t97 so; Pekin, Sc 50@7; Geese, s29
% p pair; Eggs. choice California, 12c 2 doz.
DAIRY PRODUCTS-Butter, fame, roll, 90G
Die = b; ranch butter, lSc19c picked, Jog
&c., packed in firkins choice, 2lG23c; com
mon 12al4c; Cheese, California, 17@19c; West
ern fats, I30l4c; Msftlns Cream. l7Glsc.
HAY, GRAIN AND FEED-Oat Hay, SSG16 I
ton; Alfalfa do, sl0@12 ton Bran, SIG 2 ton
MiddliDgs, So q ton; Barley, whole, paying
81 OK; rolled 81 80; Wheat paying. 81 Az.
. cwt White Wild Oats, 81 1901 IS Tame Oats,
81 IS Corn, paying 81 % 2 cwt
MISCELLANEOUS Seeds Alfalfa, 9d915c
Timsthy, Eastern. 612@7c q 10 Pop Corn
31S@4c p ID ; Red Glover, 10@llc . ID Red
Top, 61Std7c Nuts-Chile Walnuts, new, lie
l2c California Walnuts, 15@16c; Almonds,
new, 16@17c Peanuts, California, $4,000
Lard California;, cans 71a@S15; Eastern, $40
915c. Hides salt, light and medium, sc
heavy steers, 9ISc /; dry, Ice, Tallow, &c; Hops
Sales of Pacific coast in New York, 2592Ic
market value here, 25@27c.
MEATS-Beef, &c; Mutton, 7GSc; Lamb, 121Sc
Veal, Sd9c; Hogs 5G51%c; dressed Pork, &c
Hams-Eastern, 141%c; California, Zoe: Bacon
Ina1iurn gle. selected 12c: extra light, l5c.
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SAN rKANoIsoo sTooK SAL Ee.
SAN Francisco, March IS, 1857.
worthless Plasters.

Charles Hueston, of No. 10 Morton street,
New York City, thus gives some idea of
the difference between the genuine ALL
cocks Porous Plasters and the spurious ar
ticie:
l have been troubled good deal with
dyspepsia and torpid liver, together with
pains around the heart. | was recon-
mended to try Allcock's Plasters, one on
the stomach and one on the side. / asked
for them, but the druggist said Here is
a plaster that is better and quicker than
Ailcock's,r and l bought two. l applied
them that night, but in two hours they
blistered me 50 badly took them off. My
disease was not in the slightest degree bene-
flied.
l then determined 10 get the genuine
Allcock's Porous Plasters. Iapplied three,
one each over the heart, stomach and liver
For 80 hours l noticed nothing but slight
itching, then my appetite improved and all
I ate agreed with me. The disagreeable SEN
sations had around my heart disappeared.
wore these plasters one week and then
renewed them. At the end of three weeks
l found myself entirely cured of dyspepsia
and liver complaint
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-28
Catarrh, Catarrhal Deafness. Hay
Fever. New Treatment.
From fte Montreal laar. Nor. Il, 1sS5

From the Montreal odr. Nor. II, 200.
Perhaps the most extraordinary success that
has been achieved in modern medicine has been
attained by the Dixon Treatment of Catarrh,
Catarrhal Deafness and Hay Fever. Out of 2. 900
patients treated during the past six months
fully 30 per cent have been cured. This is none
the less startling when it is remembered
that not FIVE per cent. Of patients presenting
themselves to The regular practitioner are bene-
fitted, while the patent medicines and other ad-
yertised cures never record cure at ALL Start
ing with the claim now generally believed by
the most scientific men. that these diseases are
dine to the presence of living parasites in the
tissue Mr.. Dixon at once adapted his cure to
their determination. This accomplished the
disease practically cured. and the permanency
as cures effected by him five years
ago are cures still No one else has ever at
tempted to cure those diseases in this manner
and no other treatment has ever cured Catarrh
Catarrhal Deafness or Gay Fever. The appli-
cation of tie remedy is simple. and can be done
at home, and the present season OF the year is
the M st favorable for speedy and permanent
cure the majority Of cases being cured at one
treatment. Sufferers should correspond with
AIessIs. A. II. DIXON & SON, 205 King street
West, Toronto Can sda, and iDclose stamp for
their treatise describing this new treatment.
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BusIN1 IS CARDS.
]. o. FUNSTON.
JNO. EITEL,

A ssAYER AND CHEMIST, NO. 3i7 ] ST.
N Analysis and assays made of Gold, Silver
and all the useful minerals containing metals
or possessing commercial value. Also water
tested as to its purity and medicinal value
Amalgams Tetoited, smelte1 and bullion assays
made. Gold purchased at assay value. Blow
pipe and assay instructions given. If
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What a Bowmauvilie Editor Has TO
Say Regarding Dixon's CataErh
Remedy.
BowMANvILLE. Canada, Jan. ?, 1888.


BowMANyILLE, Canada, Jan. ?, 1888.
To The Editor Of he Salesman:
DEAR sR-Pe rhaps some of your readers are
afflicted with that dreadful disease-Catarrh.
If So ] ask permission to say, through the States
man that have been subject of CaiaFrh for
the last twenty years, and for the last eight
years II one can tell the pains have endured.
at times l had dull heavy headache. dis
charges falling iuto the throat of thick tens-
cieus mucus Ny eyes were weak and watery,
coughing to clear the throat, and at tines was
almost Suffocatcd. consulted some of the best
physicians OF the dsy but to no effect have
tried every kind oil patent medicines washes
AID snuffs that 1 could hesr of, but did not re-
ceiye the least benefit until tried IIXoNs Ca
TARRH REMEDY. On the 9th of August last
procured the remedy and started lis use imme
diately and by the u.e of only three treatments
consider myself permanently cured. Its teGe-
fetal action was immediate and the cure speedy.
Judging from the effects OF this treatment on
myself, am satisfied that HixOns is the oniy
known treatment for Catarrh which effect Der
manent cure. To all who are suffering from Ca
tarrh must eoDscientiously say: Give Dixon
& Sons Catarrh Remedy fair trial; it is worth
its weight in gold.
NOTE BY THE PuBLIsB ER,-The Publisher of
with the writer of the above letter, Tor about
thirty years, and can, with scores of others,
youch Tor the correctness of the above state
ments. We have never known so bad case of
CatarTh as his was, and the use of Dixons Ca
tarrh Remedy has effected a perfect cure, so that
gladly give space 10 this letter in the hope that
it may be OF benefit TO some victim of Casarrh.-
w A JAMES. Editor and Proprietor of The
Salesman, Bowmanyille, Ont.
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R. D. STEPHENS. Postmaster.
extra Liability to Malarial Injection,

Extra Liability to Malarial Infection.
Persons whose blood is thin, digestion
weak and liver sluggish, are extra liable to
the attacks of malarial disease. The most
trihing exposure may, under such condi-
tions, infect a system which, if healthy,
would resist the miasmatic faint. The only
way to secure immunity from malaria in
localities where it is prevalent, is to tone
and regulate the system by improving
weakened digestion, enriching the blood
and giving wholesome impetus to hillary
secretion. These results are accomplished
by nothing so effectively as Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, which long experience
has proved the most reliable safeguard
against fever and ague and kindred disor
ders, as well as the best remedy for them.
The Bitters are, moreover, an excellent in
vigorant of the organs of urination, and an
active depurent, eliminating from the blood
those acrid impurities which originate rheu-
matte ailments
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HoaNLEIN BROS, Proprletors.

81 Street Cars from Depot pass the door ever
dYa l.inlItes. u